Example sentences of "is [not/n't] difficult [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | With hindsight , it is not difficult to imagine alternative uses for this fine estate which would have been of lasting benefit to the Association . |
2 | In his fantasias and toccatas it is not difficult to trace Venetian influences , particularly in the six fantasias ‘ in the manner of an echo ’ where he takes advantage of the two manuals of the organ to ‘ echo ’ motives duly marked f and p . |
3 | It is not difficult to make similar observations in the case of other adjectives : ( 8 ) a meteorological expert romantic novelists foreign policy a nuclear scientist animate nouns the royal hatmaker All these are wholly respectable phrases of English ( especially the last one ) but , in every case , a test using the sentence " This N is A " will either give a meaning to the adjective which is different from that in the original phrase , or simply produce an unacceptable result . |
4 | ‘ It is not difficult to have vivid memories of him , ’ he told me . |
5 | But it is not difficult to find conflicting judgements , as in the headline : ‘ TERROR GANGS TO BE WIPED OUT . |
6 | It is not that it has a design stamped on it , since once again it is not difficult to find other examples of metalwork decorated in a similar way . |